Koam station is a railway station in Koam-dong, greater Munch'ŏn city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Munch'ŏn Port Line of the Korean State Railway; the branchline connects to the Kangwŏn Line at Okp'yŏng.[1]
Koam 고암 | |||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||
| Hangul | 고암역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | |||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Goam-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Koam-yŏk | ||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Koam-dong, Munch'ŏn-si, Kangwŏn North Korea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°17′30″N 127°22′44″E / 39.2917°N 127.3788°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 17 December 1943 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Wŏnsanbukhang station 원산북항역 元山北港驛 | ||||||||||
| Original company | Chosen Anthracite Co. | ||||||||||
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History
editOriginally called Wŏnsanbukhang station (Chosŏn'gŭl: 원산북항역; Hanja: 元山北港驛, "Wonsan north port station"), it was opened, along with the rest of the branch from Okp'yŏng (at the time called Munch'ŏn station), on 17 December 1943 by the Chosen Anthracite Company as a privately owned railway.[2] This line, like all other railway lines in North Korea, was nationalised after the Second World War, becoming part of the Korean State Railway,[1] subsequently receiving its current name.
References
edit- ^ a b Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
- ^ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 5070, 27 December 1943